Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 171 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 47% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.75 on Friday, March 20th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 19, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 51.25 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.76% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 255,215 acre feet

This is 139.5% of the average of 182,953 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 122,568 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 119,869 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 132,647 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 267.75% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 70.45% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -2.50 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 13.31 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.64 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
6033.75
0.11
996,493
1208
259
83.3
39.4
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
6033.64
0.07
995,393
807
259
79.2
33.1
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
6033.57
0.08
994,694
1027
259
77.9
35.1
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
6033.49
0.06
993,895
925
259
71.1
32.2
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
6033.43
0.09
993,296
1095
279
58.1
27.0
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
6033.34
0.04
992,399
866
302
46.8
28.0
Sat, Mar 14, 2026
6033.30
0.02
992,000
604
303
70.0
30.9
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
6033.28
0.05
991,801
816
303
67.3
33.4
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
6033.23
0.02
991,302
715
301
64.6
29.3
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
6033.21
0.02
991,103
575
303
62.4
34.9
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
6033.19
0.01
990,904
715
302
68.9
30.9
Mon, Mar 09, 2026
6033.18
0.03
990,805
818
305
67.3
28.6
Sun, Mar 08, 2026
6033.15
0.04
990,506
869
307
63.7
27.7
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
6033.11
0.03
990,108
816
305
52.9
23.9
Averages of List
6033.35
0.05
992,479
846.9
289.0
66.7
31.0

Averages for March 20th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.92
-14.17
1,210,074
1513.45
971.85
61.40
31.86
All-Time
6033.13
0.62
1,097,414
1441.94
970.36
61.40
31.86

Last 10 March 20th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Mar 20, 2025
6036.25
-2.50
1,021,752
301
424
55.0
25.2
Wed, Mar 20, 2024
6041.44
-7.69
1,075,855
486
352
59.6
42.2
Mon, Mar 20, 2023
6021.76
11.99
882,059
1678
287
46.8
34.0
Sun, Mar 20, 2022
6017.75
16.00
846,262
1715
1643
65.0
43.0
Sat, Mar 20, 2021
6033.45
0.30
1,043,669
247
410
68.0
37.0
Fri, Mar 20, 2020
6055.83
-22.08
1,295,667
663
442
53.0
31.0
Wed, Mar 20, 2019
6020.74
13.01
918,703
1538
281
63.0
32.0
Tue, Mar 20, 2018
6051.30
-17.55
1,240,905
1400
1360
53.0
16.0
Mon, Mar 20, 2017
6063.97
-30.22
1,399,125
4756
486
75.0
37.0
Sun, Mar 20, 2016
6066.26
-32.51
1,429,555
1140
426
66.0
24.0
Averages of List
6041.00
-7.25
1,116,817
1235
389
61.7
34.0


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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